Work Less, Do More: The 14-day Productivity Makeover

By: Jan Yager

This book is published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. (http://www.sterlingpublishing.com)

Jan Yager's third book on time management that helps you to eliminate distractions as well as deal with e-mail as well as how to handle changes and interruptions. Yager conducts workshops on time management; this book is based on original research that pinpoints the top three obstacles to getting things done efficiently -- trying to do too much at once, paperwork, and procrastination -- and how to deal with each of those issues.

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Filled with self-quizzes and exercises to help you immediately see results in how you handle time.

"A contemporary way to naviage our more-fast-now complicated world with efficiency, effectiveness, and ease."--Vince Poscente, author of The Age of Speed

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About the Author

Jan Yager

Jan Yager, Ph.D. (the former J.L./Janet Barkas) is a writer, sociologist, consultant, professional speaker, artist, and publishing entrepreneur whose areas of expertise include relationships and business issues including time management and work relationships. Jan's first book published by Hannacroix Creek Books, Inc., Friendshifts®, based on fifteen years of original friendship research, led to interviews on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, The View , National Public Radio, and other programs. Other books include When Friendship Hurts (published by Simon & Schuster, Inc.) as well as two career books by Facts on File, Inc. A prolific writer of fiction as well as nonfiction whose books have been translated into 14 languages, she is co-author of two suspense thrillers, Untimely Death and Just Your Everyday People. For more information, go to: www.drjanyager.com.

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“Bravo Jan Yager for coming up with a ‘quick read’ and method to get your time and life under control…I will definitely recommend Work Less, Do More to my clients.”

—Nella G. Barkley, President, Crystal-Barkley Corp., Life-Work Design

Work Less, Do More

The 14-Day Productivity Makeover

By Jan Yager, Ph.D.

Not enough time? Feeling overwhelmed? Wondering where the minutes or hours go each day? After “not enough money,” the biggest complaint today is “not enough time.” In Work Less, Do More (Sterling / September 2, 2008) renowned time-management expert and sociologist Dr. Jan Yager presents her systematic plan that provides the tools to be more productive and time-efficient. She has developed her strategy firsthand, through coaching, speeches, and workshops that she has delivered to everyone from senior executives to administrative assistants.

Some of the new findings in Work Less, Do More include:

·         According to a 2008 telephone survey of 429 working men and women conducted by the author through a research corporation, on average, almost 1 hour (50.3 minutes), is wasted at work, exclusive of lunch and commuting time.

·         The top three obstacles at work, according to another survey by the author of 350 working men and women: trying to do too much at once (22%), paperwork (21%), and procrastination (18%).

·         Jan’s survey also found that the top 5 time wasters at work are: email; socializing; personal business; unplanned visitors; and internet use not related to work.

Jan, who is in demand for her advice on work relationships as well as time management, explores these findings and offers tips to deal with obstacles and time wasters in Work Less, Do More. This thorough yet succinct guide to increasing productivity also questions whether labeling “socializing” a time waster is accurate. Yager says, “If socializing at work creates a more people-friendly and fun environment, research has found that productivity will actually be enhanced, not hindered. Workers also stay home from work less often, remain at a company longer, and boost personal and company productivity more than workers who lack workplace connections.”

Work Less, Do More is filled with advice on how to handle e-mail, dealing with distractions and interruptions, as well as tips on prioritizing, delegating, conducting more effective meetings, multitasking, and mastering (or even eliminating) paperwork. This interactive book includes worksheets, quizzes, and tip sheets that Jan has created for her presentations, reshaped based on comments from workshop participant or advance reader feedback. The program may be carried out in 14 days—one chapter a day—or applied at your own pace.

Jan Yager has a Ph.D. in sociology from The City University of New York and has been conducting time management workshops since 1984. She is the award-winning author of 26 books, translated into 20 languages, including Creative Time Management, Creative Time Management for the New Millennium, Who’s That Sitting at My Desk?, Making Your Office Work for You, Business Protocol, Effective Business and Nonfiction Writing, among others.  

Jan speaks, coaches, and writes on business and relationship topics and has given time management addresses before a variety of corporate, government, public, and association audiences. She has also been interviewed on major TV and radio shows as well as in magazines, newspapers, and online publications and radio around the world including The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show, Nightline, Sunday Morning, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, NPR, BBC radio, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, People, and USA Today.  Over the years, Jan has taught at several colleges and universities including Pennsylvania State University, The New School, Temple University, the New York Institute of Technology, and the University of Connecticut. Jan lives and works in Stamford, CT. For more on this author, go to: drjanyager.com

Suggested Interview Questions

WORK LESS, DO MORE by Jan Yager, Ph.D.

1.         What’s the number one productivity challenge in the United States today?

2.         If someone could only do one thing to improve his or her time management skills, what would that be?

3.         Just how much time is currently being wasted at the average office on a daily basis?

4.         What are the top three time wasters and how can they best be overcome or avoided in the first place?

5.         What if you’re drowning in too many e-mails. What are some tips for dealing with that situation?

6.         What should you do if your own time management skills are okay but you work with, for, or have others reporting to you who are disorganized and in need of help? How do you deal with that situation without offending anyone or having your own productivity sabotaged?

7.         What is “distractionitis” and how can you stop it from occurring?

8.         How can you make meetings more efficient?

9.         What if you’re late once too often? How could someone overcome being late?

10.      How can you better handle e-mail, voice mail, text messaging, BlackBerry, cell phones, etc.

11.      Are there any useful time-saving gadgets we should know about?

12.      You’ve been studying time management since the 1980s. What are the biggest time changes you’ve observed over the years?

13.      Why and how could socializing at work be a time saver rather than a time waster?

14.      You say that learning to have more effective time management skills can save someone’s life. Why and how?

15.      Were there any results from the time management surveys you did for Work Less, Do More that you found especially surprising or illuminating?